Handbasket

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  handbasket \hand"bask*et\ n.
     a container that is usually woven and has handles.
  
     Syn: basket.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  


     {go to hell in a handbasket} to deteriorate substantially and
        quickly; as, after they lost the contract, the company's
        profits went to hell in a handbasket.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  handbasket
       n : a container that is usually woven and has handles [syn: {basket}]